Just Compensation by Robert N. Charrette

Author:Robert N. Charrette [Charrette, Robert N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780451453723
Google: cq4GAAAACAAJ
Amazon: 0451453727
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Goodreads: 351457
Publisher: RoC
Published: 1995-11-02T00:00:00+00:00

>WFDC FEED COVERAGE

-[06:12:11/8-24-55]

REPORTER: TAYLOR WEINGARTNER [WEIN-324]

UPLINK SITE: GOVERNMENT ZONE, FDC

Weingartner: “Violence continues to erupt in the Federal District this morning, as the night-long clash between Compensation Army marchers and the Federal Police continues into the day. Public transportation is at a standstill and all bridges over the rivers are closed as police struggle to control rioting in what is beginning to look like a war zone.

“When interviewed at a Government Zone command post and asked to explain the causes of the violence, Chief of Police Cynthia Locke had this to say: ‘We didn’t start this. My officers have shown reasonable restraint. I wish I could say the same for Randolph’s Compers. The occupation of Metro Central went over the line. For weeks I’ve been getting requests from the regional commissioners to forcibly evict the Army. I should have listened.’ ”<<<<<

>LJVE FEED COVERAGE

-[06:13:51/8-24-55]

REPORTER: SUZJE CHIANG [CHIA-704]

UPLINK SITE: ELGIN, IL

Chiang: “This is Suzie Chiang of WCHI, back in Elgin, Illinois. Our attempt to penetrate the so-called ‘exclusion zone’ have failed. We were turned back by armed and hostile federal troops while we attempted to enter the city.

“Chicago is isolated, cut off from the world by a mixture of federal, state, and corporate troops. Nothing is coming out of the city, but some things are going in: air drops of emergency food and medical supplies, but also flights of helicopter gunships. The official position is that this is a VITAS plague containment. But is it?

“Some of the troops cordoning the city are not wearing biosuits. Although we’ve been briefed by the highly-touted medical strike teams, we’ve still seen no field hospitals. In fact we’ve seen no signs of anyone with more than a summer cold. The Chicago barrier has few of the signs of a medical containment. ‘A work in progress,’ the military PR flaks say. But this reporter has to ask: what kind of plague can be fought with gunships?”<<<<<

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